The psycho neighbor from Hell

[KW4MW]

Here’s the situation – I sold my house 6 weeks ago (10 days from listing to sale) and we’re bunking with my son and his family while our new abode is being constructed. #

I lived in that house for 17 years. #During that time I had a neighbor whom I soon came to realize was a complete A/H. #Unfortunately I had pi$$ed him off when I got tired of his brat kid gunning his dirt bike right next to our house and I made him quit – somehow he believed that his kid had the right to do that and that I was just being a grouch.

He is a sneaky sort – the kind of person that can’t settle differences eye to eye but instead resorts to underhanded redneck tricks, however I could never get the goods on him. #

I had a workshop with a deadbolt lock just to keep the kids out of it but it wasn’t that secure. #Anyone with real determination could get inside. #

One time he (the A/H) was replacing the engine in his truck – subsequently I discovered I was missing several large sockets plus a few large box and open end wrenches. #Coincidence? #Several PVC fittings, nails, screws, hand tools etc. also seemed to disappear until I nailed the rear door shut and padlocked the front door.

Things would appear in my back yard and pool. #My wife and I heard a loud noise in our heat pump one night, it turned out to be a pygmy rattler that had fallen (?) into the fan and got chopped to pieces. #There is no way that snake could have got on top of that compressor by itself in the first place. #A/H and his moronic buddy were in a drunken stupor and I suspect that one good old boy dared the other to toss the snake into my pool. #They missed by a good 15 feet!

Another snake, a 4’ black snake appeared on the roof of the shed and unfortunately died there since there was no way it could get down (or up).

Over the years things would mysteriously appear in the pool; turtles, snakes, various pieces of wood, gravel, etc. #The pool also had a sudden algae bloom which seemed puzzling until I found a PVC cap in the bottom of the pool that was filled with algae. #

Yet there was nothing that I could definitely pin on this guy. # My wife thought I was paranoid.

A/H also moved shortly after we did but his old home is still on the market. I hope he's happy paying two mortgages. #

Which brings me to this: an email from the realtor that represented my buyer to the realtor that represented me. # It was forwarded for my comments.

Quote[/b] ]<span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>Hi L****, I hate to keep bothering you with questions about Mr. R******s sale but one thing more has come up and we'd appreciate if you could contact him once more for us. The new owner had someone looking at the well for the sprinkler system on his own property. This plumber says the neighbor is tied into the well and using this water. #I see nothing in the file to indicate a well, shared or otherwise. Can Mr. R****** shed some light for us ? ? ? # The property in question is going up for sale and Mr. P******** would like to close that sharing off with the sale but we have no clue what is up. thanks, j**** b***</span>

Can you believe that? #That sneaky SOB had the nerve to run a line and tap into my well point. #I informed my realtor that I was absolutely unaware of that situation. # I only wish I had known about it before I moved. #I would have liked to have poured about a gallon of Round Up into his pipe and then sat back and watched the fun. #

I don’t live there anymore and it’s really no longer important to me. #

The good news is that my wife no longer thinks I’m paranoid.

[N2RJ]

All of this, and you didn't call the cops?

If it were me, the state police would have locked him up a long time ago.

[K5RCD]

I'll bet your ex neighbor's side of the story would make an entertaining read.

Indian Wisdom:

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

&quot;A fight is going on inside me,&quot; he said to the boy. &quot;It
is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is
evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego.

The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too.&quot;

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, &quot;Which wolf will win?&quot;

The old Cherokee simply replied, &quot;The one you feed.&quot;

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[kl7aj]

My next door neighbor is a guy like Redd Foxx on Sanford and son. (Except he's white http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif ) When I first moved in to my new house, he was a bit worried that I'd make him get rid of all his junked cars. &quot;They're on YOUR property, aren't they?&quot; I said. &quot;Why would I make you get rid of them? Besides, I might need to borrow some parts one day.&quot;

&quot;Ah...you've been up here a while, haven't you?&quot;

&quot;Thirty years. Hidey Ho, good neighbor!&quot;

He also lets me run my wire antennas over his property. Oh, we have our share of cranks up here, but for the most part we get along with our neighbors....probably because we don't HAVE that many of them! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

eric

[KW4MW]

Quote[/b] ]All of this, and you didn't call the cops?

If it were me, the state police would have locked him up a long time ago.Like I said - I couldn't prove anything.

Quote[/b] ]My next door neighbor is a guy like Redd Foxx on Sanford and son. (Except he's white #) # When I first moved in to my new house, he was a bit worried that I'd make him get rid of all his junked cars. #&quot;They're on YOUR property, aren't they?&quot; I said. #&quot;Why would I make you get rid of them? #Besides, I might need to borrow some parts one day.&quot;

Strange you should mention that - this guy works for the sanitation department and was always bringing things home that he was &quot;going to fix up&quot;. #A large portion of his back yard was filled with old lawn mowers, weed eaters, a discarded welding machine, hoses, electrical cables, etc. all of which simply colected rust and weeds. #

The guy is a beer drunk - I watched him one night as he threw a ball at some kids as hard as he could to get their attention. #He hit a 10 y/o neighbors girl in the face which knocked her down, stunned her and gave her a black eye. #Then he tried to nonchalantly walk away as if nothing had happened.

Fortunately for him his wife was able to talk the neighbors out of calling the cops.

He's just a mean nasty redneck and I'm glad to be away from him.

[N2RJ]

Well Mike, I'm glad you got away.

My wife is seriously considering installing cameras, because she doesn't trust our neighbors.

[kf4hay]

Seems like the society is becoming more inconsiderate, disrespectful and self serving. #I think it will get worse. #The main problem is an overcrowded society, #as neighbors used to be a quarter mile or more apart, #but now are right next door. #

The more people you have, #the more A H's you have. #Everybody around here does what they want doen't matter what, # but they will go off the deep end and tell someone else what they can't do ... # but I have a plan .

[KF0RT]

Quote[/b] (N2RJ @ June 20 2007,11:32)]My wife is seriously considering installing cameras, because she doesn't trust our neighbors.
Already? Didn't you just buy that place?

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (KF0RT @ June 20 2007,12:47)]Quote[/b] (N2RJ @ June 20 2007,11:32)]My wife is seriously considering installing cameras, because she doesn't trust our neighbors.
Already? #Didn't you just buy that place?
They've done nothing except call the town for a grass violation and interfere with the boundary stakes.

That alone has her uneasy.

[K0RGR]

A 'grass violation' - did they catch you smoking it or what?

Threads like this make me miss the desert. My father's wish was that he would someday have a house where he could fire a shotgun in any direction and not hit anything. I intend to find such a place myself.

[KC0VWU]

Geez, I thought my neighbors sucked. hehe. I would ask a lawyer if there might be some recourse for him tapping into your water line, there's got to be a law against that.

[ad1os]

You're not alone. I'm preparing to get a fence installed. Those that issue the permits seem to dislike fences. I have 6 pages of incidents to back up my appearance before the board. I hope they're sympathetic.
No amount of talking seems to keep them out of my yard. I don't want to start a war, no one wins those. Why do people move to the country and still have to use others property?

[ka5piu]

Hello.

I had troubles with 2 neighbors a few years ago.
Than I was this paramilitary idiot who plays with guns and radios and &quot;does that Arab ####&quot;.
Now, you know me or are afraid of me, there is no middle ground.
I have since gotten to the point to where leaving a noose around is no longer a halloween prank.
One heighbor &quot;hid&quot; a little wireless camera out to spy on me.
As it was on my property, I took it apart, to discover that it is a 900 MHz FM video transmitter.
I than put up a homebrew yagi and 900 MHz transmitter and played Iraqi and Russian torture tapes.
They called the police who told them that the camera was against the law and that I had people in a state of terror.
I said yes and yes.
My immediate neighbors find the thing to be quite funny.
I get lots of help as most people see this as the Arabs and Mexicans against the radnecks.
The bad part is that prior to 9/11 everybody got along just fine.
Now, first it was the GD Arabs.
Next, the F ing Mexicans.

[KI4OXD]

I like the ad one of the farmers put in the local paper way back when.

&quot;Any of you f***n hippies caught on my property after dark gets an ass full of buckshot!&quot;

He meant it.

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ June 20 2007,13:39)]A 'grass violation' - did they catch you smoking it or what?

Threads like this make me miss the desert. My father's wish was that he would someday have a house where he could fire a shotgun in any direction and not hit anything. I intend to find such a place myself.
No, not that kind of grass... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

What happened was we hadn't mowed the lawn since we got the house. #The weeds were getting high. No lawn mower and we were already broke from closing costs.

We called a few landscaping companies but they failed to show up. #So we decided we'd do our own yard work.

So we ordered a lawn mower and the day after it was delivered, I cut down most of the grass. #

But I left a small 2' x 2' patch that was on a slope. #I couldn't go up or down it safely with the mower. #I had to use a weed whacker, which I bought the next day.

That same day (the day after I cut the grass), I see a red sticker on my door saying that the grass is too high, cut it within 7 days or face fines.

Then I found out that those bastages next door had called the town because the grass was an &quot;eyesore.&quot;

What the hell? It's not even on your property. #Keep your eyes off my property if you don't want to see an eyesore.

I had cut it down anyway because I had intended to (which is why I bought the weed whacker). BUt what bothered me was that instead of going to me directly, they cried straight to town Government.

So now it's an eye for an eye.

4th of July is here. If I see ANY illegal fireworks, I am calling the police, ASAP. I've already told them to keep off our yard. They've been letting their little wild animals (kids) stray into our yard. They scream all of the time when they are outside. I told them keep them out or I'll call the cops.

That is also why I made doubly sure that I got ALL of my permits approved for my tower - zoning, construction and approval for building. #I know they're going to call about that &quot;eyesore.&quot; #I would love to see the look on their faces when the town tells them that there's nothing they can do!

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (KW4MW @ June 20 2007,10:06)]Quote[/b] ]All of this, and you didn't call the cops?

If it were me, the state police would have locked him up a long time ago.Like I said - I couldn't prove anything.

Quote[/b] ]My next door neighbor is a guy like Redd Foxx on Sanford and son. (Except he's white #) # When I first moved in to my new house, he was a bit worried that I'd make him get rid of all his junked cars. #&quot;They're on YOUR property, aren't they?&quot; I said. #&quot;Why would I make you get rid of them? #Besides, I might need to borrow some parts one day.&quot;

Strange you should mention that - this guy works for the sanitation department and was always bringing things home that he was &quot;going to fix up&quot;. #A large portion of his back yard was filled with old lawn mowers, weed eaters, a discarded welding machine, hoses, electrical cables, etc. all of which simply colected rust and weeds. #

The guy is a beer drunk - I watched him one night as he threw a ball at some kids as hard as he could to get their attention. #He hit a 10 y/o neighbors girl in the face which knocked her down, stunned her and gave her a black eye. #Then he tried to nonchalantly walk away as if nothing had happened.

Fortunately for him his wife was able to talk the neighbors out of calling the cops.

He's just a mean nasty redneck and I'm glad to be away from him.
Sounds like he was an arrogant, dishonest, drunken lowlife. In his drunken stupors he really let go of all inhibitions and displayed his true lowlife nature, i.e. stealing your tools, throwing #snakes in your pool , etc. #Unfortunately spiteful jerks like that are found everywhere.

I would have put a camera in the shed or somewhere where it could have #captured the idiot in the act. He would probably have been too drunk and stupid to notice that he was being filmed.

These days you can build a relatively cheap and effective surveillance system with one or more inexpensive web cams, an ordinary computer, and some cheap (or free) software. You can use it to record what is going on and/or you can also use it to check up on your property from remote locations. really neat stuff.

A friend of mine set such a system up and he was able to check in on his home while he was away in Europe for 2+ weeks.

BTW a friend of mine works for NYC sanitation. It's amazing some of the stuff he finds in the trash. he found me 2 perfectly working signal generators. He also found me a perfecl working 30 band dual channel rack mount equalizer (great for AM work). He also found me a perfectly good fully functional working HE-80 HF receiver. Not the most desireable tube boatanchor receiver but I can't complain about the price. Not to mention the computer equipment he finds. memory, hard drives, monitors (some brand new), fully functional systems, etc.

It's nice to have a friend in sanitation.

[K2WH]

Quote[/b] (N2RJ @ June 20 2007,08:17)]Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ June 20 2007,13:39)]A 'grass violation' - did they catch you smoking it or what?

Threads like this make me miss the desert. My father's wish was that he would someday have a house where he could fire a shotgun in any direction and not hit anything. I intend to find such a place myself.
No, not that kind of grass... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

What happened was we hadn't mowed the lawn since we got the house. #The weeds were getting high. No lawn mower and we were already broke from closing costs.

We called a few landscaping companies but they failed to show up. #So we decided we'd do our own yard work.

So we ordered a lawn mower and the day after it was delivered, I cut down most of the grass. #

But I left a small 2' x 2' patch that was on a slope. #I couldn't go up or down it safely with the mower. #I had to use a weed whacker, which I bought the next day.

That same day (the day after I cut the grass), I see a red sticker on my door saying that the grass is too high, cut it within 7 days or face fines.

Then I found out that those bastages next door had called the town because the grass was an &quot;eyesore.&quot;

What the hell? It's not even on your property. #Keep your eyes off my property if you don't want to see an eyesore.

I had cut it down anyway because I had intended to (which is why I bought the weed whacker). BUt what bothered me was that instead of going to me directly, they cried straight to town Government.

So now it's an eye for an eye.

4th of July is here. #If I see ANY illegal fireworks, I am calling the police, ASAP. #I've already told them to keep off our yard. #They've been letting their little wild animals (kids) stray into our yard. #They scream all of the time when they are outside. #I told them keep them out or I'll call the cops. #

That is also why I made doubly sure that I got ALL of my permits approved for my tower - zoning, construction and approval for building. #I know they're going to call about that &quot;eyesore.&quot; #I would love to see the look on their faces when the town tells them that there's nothing they can do!
Big mistake. First rule of thumb when entering a new neighborhood - MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE KIDS.

Believe me, it will pay dividends.

BTW, the town I live in has a &quot;Property Appearance&quot; ordinance that basically states, you must keep your property in an attractive, nice, pleasing condition or you will be fined. You certainly do not want dead cars, rusting refridgerators etc in your neighbors lot. Makes your property value plunge.

Anyway, many towns if you do not cut the grass, the town will do it and bill you for the effort.

K2WH

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (K2WH @ June 20 2007,14:43)]Quote[/b] (N2RJ @ June 20 2007,08:17)]Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ June 20 2007,13:39)]A 'grass violation' - did they catch you smoking it or what?

Threads like this make me miss the desert. My father's wish was that he would someday have a house where he could fire a shotgun in any direction and not hit anything. I intend to find such a place myself.
No, not that kind of grass... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

What happened was we hadn't mowed the lawn since we got the house. The weeds were getting high. No lawn mower and we were already broke from closing costs.

We called a few landscaping companies but they failed to show up. So we decided we'd do our own yard work.

So we ordered a lawn mower and the day after it was delivered, I cut down most of the grass.

But I left a small 2' x 2' patch that was on a slope. I couldn't go up or down it safely with the mower. I had to use a weed whacker, which I bought the next day.

That same day (the day after I cut the grass), I see a red sticker on my door saying that the grass is too high, cut it within 7 days or face fines.

Then I found out that those bastages next door had called the town because the grass was an &quot;eyesore.&quot;

What the hell? It's not even on your property. Keep your eyes off my property if you don't want to see an eyesore.

I had cut it down anyway because I had intended to (which is why I bought the weed whacker). BUt what bothered me was that instead of going to me directly, they cried straight to town Government.

So now it's an eye for an eye.

4th of July is here. If I see ANY illegal fireworks, I am calling the police, ASAP. I've already told them to keep off our yard. They've been letting their little wild animals (kids) stray into our yard. They scream all of the time when they are outside. I told them keep them out or I'll call the cops.

That is also why I made doubly sure that I got ALL of my permits approved for my tower - zoning, construction and approval for building. I know they're going to call about that &quot;eyesore.&quot; I would love to see the look on their faces when the town tells them that there's nothing they can do!
Big mistake. First rule of thumb when entering a new neighborhood - MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE KIDS.

Believe me, it will pay dividends.

BTW, the town I live in has a &quot;Property Appearance&quot; ordinance that basically states, you must keep your property in an attractive, nice, pleasing condition or you will be fined. You certainly do not want dead cars, rusting refridgerators etc in your neighbors lot. Makes your property value plunge.

Anyway, many towns if you do not cut the grass, the town will do it and bill you for the effort.

K2WH
I really don't want anyone else's kids on my property without my permission. They can go pack sand if they don't like that policy.

I have things in my yard that can possibly hurt people (fence stakes to protect some of my plants against the deer, as well as vent holes for the septic) and the last thing I want is a lawsuit. So keep off my yard, or else!

We have those &quot;appearance&quot; ordinances too. No junk, grass must be less than 8 inches high, no 18 wheelers parked in the driveway etc.

[N0KLT]

Some of the posts in this thread remind me of a story I heard years ago. Supposedly it is a true story, I am sure it's not, not as many versions of it as I have heard over the years but it has a lot of truth in the story.

It seems like this couple was moving into a new neighborhood/town and asked someone from the neighborhood what the neighbors were like there. The old boy they asked instead of answering them asked them a question instead. He simply asked what the neighbors were like where they were moving from, The couple said that most of the neighbors in the old place were nosy, gossiping busybody trouble makers. The old boy said that is too bad because you are likely to find the new neighbors to be the same way. A few weeks later another new couple asked the same old man the same question and got the same question from him. Their answer was that the old neighbors were good folks, looked out after each other and were nice and helpful. The old boy smiled and said, I am happy to say you will probably find these new neighbors just like your old ones.

Amazingly enough that story works for almost any place people go. Granted you will have people like the drunk that was stealing water from the well and causing problems, but for the most part, people find what they look for or are expecting.

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (K2WH @ June 20 2007,12:43)]Quote[/b] (N2RJ @ June 20 2007,08:17)]Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ June 20 2007,13:39)]A 'grass violation' - did they catch you smoking it or what?

Threads like this make me miss the desert. My father's wish was that he would someday have a house where he could fire a shotgun in any direction and not hit anything. I intend to find such a place myself.
No, not that kind of grass... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

What happened was we hadn't mowed the lawn since we got the house. #The weeds were getting high. No lawn mower and we were already broke from closing costs.

We called a few landscaping companies but they failed to show up. #So we decided we'd do our own yard work.

So we ordered a lawn mower and the day after it was delivered, I cut down most of the grass. #

But I left a small 2' x 2' patch that was on a slope. #I couldn't go up or down it safely with the mower. #I had to use a weed whacker, which I bought the next day.

That same day (the day after I cut the grass), I see a red sticker on my door saying that the grass is too high, cut it within 7 days or face fines.

Then I found out that those bastages next door had called the town because the grass was an &quot;eyesore.&quot;

What the hell? It's not even on your property. #Keep your eyes off my property if you don't want to see an eyesore.

I had cut it down anyway because I had intended to (which is why I bought the weed whacker). BUt what bothered me was that instead of going to me directly, they cried straight to town Government.

So now it's an eye for an eye.

4th of July is here. #If I see ANY illegal fireworks, I am calling the police, ASAP. #I've already told them to keep off our yard. #They've been letting their little wild animals (kids) stray into our yard. #They scream all of the time when they are outside. #I told them keep them out or I'll call the cops. #

That is also why I made doubly sure that I got ALL of my permits approved for my tower - zoning, construction and approval for building. #I know they're going to call about that &quot;eyesore.&quot; #I would love to see the look on their faces when the town tells them that there's nothing they can do!
Big mistake. #First rule of thumb when entering a new neighborhood - MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE KIDS.

Believe me, it will pay dividends.

BTW, the town I live in has a &quot;Property Appearance&quot; ordinance that basically states, you must keep your property in an attractive, nice, pleasing condition or you will be fined. #You certainly do not want dead cars, rusting refridgerators etc in your neighbors lot. #Makes your property value plunge.

Anyway, many towns if you do not cut the grass, the town will do it and bill you for the effort.

K2WH
Well, maybe in a socialistic planned neighborhood. Most people I know pay a PREMIUM to live where they can do what they want with their property. I know my next door neighbor with the used car lot isn't going to give a RIP what kind of antenna I put up!

[kb2vxa]

I had a problem with a neighbor, once. I beat the living snot out of him. Problem solved.

[N8UZE]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ June 20 2007,15:28)]BTW a friend of mine works for NYC sanitation. It's amazing some of the stuff he finds in the trash. he found me 2 perfectly working signal generators. He also found me a perfecl working 30 band dual channel rack mount equalizer (great for AM work). He also found me a perfectly good fully functional working HE-80 HF receiver. Not the most desireable tube boatanchor receiver but I can't complain about the price. Not to mention the computer equipment he finds. memory, hard drives, monitors (some brand new), fully functional systems, etc.

It's nice to have a friend in sanitation.
Actually around here just cruise the trash pickup route the night before. Many people will put out &quot;good stuff&quot; early just so the scroungers can have a crack at it before the sanitation guys go through. Sometimes the stuff will even be labeled &quot;Works, manual inside&quot;

[WF7A]

Just thinking about my $*#&amp;@#* neighbors bumps my blood pressure up 50 points. It never ceases to amaze me how thoughtless and inconsiderate people can be. In my last place, the night before trash pick-up, one of my neighbors would sneak over and overstuff my trash can with his garbage since his can is full.

Here, my neighbor has weeds literally a meter high and won't pull them since she's &quot;too tired after coming home from work.&quot;

Satre is right: &quot;Hell is other people.&quot;

[N5NPO]

My neighbors let their dogs roam the neighborhood like they own it. For some od reason, someones German Sheppard has takken up residency under my front porch. I am not a dog person. I prefer liberty minded cats to the pack mentality dog (not a political attack on dog behavior). Cats have staff, dogs have masters. Anyway, my wife has called animal control several times, but they fail to do anything about it. I have a mind to get a sling shot or bb gun, but I do not REALLY want to harm the animals for their owner/master's stupidity... Any ideas before I feel inclined to take drastic measure to rid my neighborhood of the stray dogs? I do not live in an incorporated area and there is a leash law that states that dogs must not be allowed to roam free.

[ad1os]

NPO - get a vets ID off the rabies tag - call the vet and tell them the dog wandered to your house, and let them contact the owner. If they refuse, call the animal control officer. If it's a county officer, make sure he has to drive 50 miles. They love that. Meanwhile, remove all the tags but the vet's tag.

[ab1ga]

Quote[/b] (K2WH @ June 20 2007,14:43)]Big mistake. #First rule of thumb when entering a new neighborhood - MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE KIDS.
Sometimes easier said than done. Shortly after my brother got new neighbors he noticed piles of dog poop on his property.

Problem was, he never saw the dogs themselves. He DID see the neighbors' young son.

When he asked his new neighbors about whether the boy might have a unique pastime, they became very apologetic and said &quot;Not again! We'll talk to him.&quot;

Problem solved, for now. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[N5NPO]

Quote[/b] (ad1os @ June 21 2007,06:51)]NPO - get a vets ID off the rabies tag - call the vet and tell them the dog wandered to your house, and let them contact the owner. If they refuse, call the animal control officer. If it's a county officer, make sure he has to drive 50 miles. They love that. Meanwhile, remove all the tags but the vet's tag.
Sorry, but there are no items on the dogs to identify who, where or even if they have ever seen a vet. There are also no items indicating ownership. They are strays.
They do not seem mean, but they dig holes, get into trash, drag items to chew into my yard. They must be stopped. I am sick of them getting on my porch and trying to get into my cat's food. They must go.
Thanks for any suggestions.
73 de N5NPO
Norm

[NA4BH]

Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 21 2007,18:12)]Quote[/b] (ad1os @ June 21 2007,06:51)]NPO - get a vets ID off the rabies tag - call the vet and tell them the dog wandered to your house, and let them contact the owner. If they refuse, call the animal control officer. If it's a county officer, make sure he has to drive 50 miles. They love that. Meanwhile, remove all the tags but the vet's tag.
Sorry, but there are no items on the dogs to identify who, where or even if they have ever seen a vet. There are also no items indicating ownership. They are strays.
They do not seem mean, but they dig holes, get into trash, drag items to chew into my yard. They must be stopped. I am sick of them getting on my porch and trying to get into my cat's food. They must go.
Thanks for any suggestions.
73 de N5NPO
Norm
Halliburton sent them as a warning for exposing their worldly plots. # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[N1XHF]

Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 20 2007,19:12)]Quote[/b] (ad1os @ June 21 2007,06:51)]NPO - get a vets ID off the rabies tag - call the vet and tell them the dog wandered to your house, and let them contact the owner. If they refuse, call the animal control officer. If it's a county officer, make sure he has to drive 50 miles. They love that. Meanwhile, remove all the tags but the vet's tag.
Sorry, but there are no items on the dogs to identify who, where or even if they have ever seen a vet. There are also no items indicating ownership. They are strays.
They do not seem mean, but they dig holes, get into trash, drag items to chew into my yard. They must be stopped. I am sick of them getting on my porch and trying to get into my cat's food. They must go.
Thanks for any suggestions.
73 de N5NPO
Norm
I had a similar problem and animal control could not or would not catch them. Easy solution is if your neighbors won't tie their dogs up and they are on your property they are fair game.

I did end up catching the dog and took it to the local shelter/pound. That took care of that problem. I am sure the people that owned the dog were pissed when they had to pay to get their dog back, but should not have let it roam all over the neighborhood.

[N5NPO]

Quote[/b] (N1XHF @ June 21 2007,18:38)]Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 20 2007,19:12)]Quote[/b] (ad1os @ June 21 2007,06:51)]NPO - get a vets ID off the rabies tag - call the vet and tell them the dog wandered to your house, and let them contact the owner. If they refuse, call the animal control officer. If it's a county officer, make sure he has to drive 50 miles. They love that. Meanwhile, remove all the tags but the vet's tag.
Sorry, but there are no items on the dogs to identify who, where or even if they have ever seen a vet. There are also no items indicating ownership. They are strays.
They do not seem mean, but they dig holes, get into trash, drag items to chew into my yard. They must be stopped. I am sick of them getting on my porch and trying to get into my cat's food. They must go.
Thanks for any suggestions.
73 de N5NPO
Norm
I had a similar problem and animal control could not or would not catch them. #Easy solution is if your neighbors won't tie their dogs up and they are on your property they are fair game.

I did end up catching the dog and took it to the local shelter/pound. #That took care of that problem. #I am sure the people that owned the dog were pissed when they had to pay to get their dog back, but should not have let it roam all over the neighborhood.
These people don't really give a rip about their dogs. If they did, they wouldn't be roaming about like this. My neighbors are like randy quaid on christmas vacation.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (N8UZE @ June 20 2007,19:21)]Quote[/b] (n2ize @ June 20 2007,15:28)]BTW a friend of mine works for NYC sanitation. It's amazing some of the stuff he finds in the trash. he found me 2 perfectly working signal generators. He also found me a perfecl working 30 band dual channel rack mount equalizer (great for AM work). He also found me a perfectly good fully functional working HE-80 HF receiver. Not the most desireable tube boatanchor receiver but I can't complain about the price. Not to mention the computer equipment he finds. memory, hard drives, monitors (some brand new), fully functional systems, etc.

It's nice to have a friend in sanitation.
Actually around here just cruise the trash pickup route the night before. #Many people will put out &quot;good stuff&quot; early just so the scroungers can have a crack at it before the sanitation guys go through. #Sometimes the stuff will even be labeled &quot;Works, manual inside&quot;
That's also a good way to do it, you take a cruise around town and keep an eye open for anything good that might have been place out curbside for disposal.

One night I hit the jackpot. I was walking around the neighborhood where I lived. I was several blocks from home and I spotted a round wooden object sitting out waiting for garbage pickup. Upon closer inspection I realized what it was. It was a huge spool of 12 Gauge single strand insulated copper wire. There was about 80 pounds worht of copper wire on that spool. In those days I was young and strong so I threw it up on my shoulder and carried it home. That spool build a heck of a lot of wire antennas. Both for me and for several of my local ham friends. My present Inverted Vee antenna is made from the stuff. That was a great find.

What was really incredible is that some bozo was dumb enough to throw 80 pounds of COPPER in the garbage. I'm surprised they didn;t at least try and sell it for scrap. How anyone could toss away copper is beyond me.

[al2i]

I am the worst in the neighborhood. I have the largest patch of property and it is mostly just wild. That keeps it simple. I never paved my driveway, and my two patches of lawn are an amazing display of flora-war. For icing on the cake, my tribander is laying on one lawn and the other has wild rhubarb and potatoes trying to establish a foothold.

My redneck neighbors lasted about 4 months and are gone now. I don't think they could stand the competition. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[nx6d]

Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 20 2007,19:02)]My neighbors let their dogs roam the neighborhood like they own it. For some od reason, someones German Sheppard has takken up residency under my front porch. I am not a dog person. I prefer liberty minded cats to the pack mentality dog (not a political attack on dog behavior). Cats have staff, dogs have masters. Anyway, my wife has called animal control several times, but they fail to do anything about it. I have a mind to get a sling shot or bb gun, but I do not REALLY want to harm the animals for their owner/master's stupidity... Any ideas before I feel inclined to take drastic measure to rid my neighborhood of the stray dogs? I do not live in an incorporated area and there is a leash law that states that dogs must not be allowed to roam free.
Good Grief!

We AGREE on something!

Cats rule, dogs drool.

I generally got along fine with my neighbors in Santa Rosa, (Don't have any here), except for the bozo that used to let his dog use my lawn as a toilet at 6 AM. That stopped after I busted him let his dog &quot;do his business&quot; twice.

Dave NX6D
Tulelake, CA

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (al2i @ June 22 2007,03:05)]I am the worst in the neighborhood. #I have the largest patch of property and it is mostly just wild. #That keeps it simple. #I never paved my driveway, and my two patches of lawn are an amazing display of flora-war. #For icing on the cake, my tribander is laying on one lawn and the other has wild rhubarb and potatoes trying to establish a foothold.

My redneck neighbors lasted about 4 months and are gone now. # I don't think they could stand the competition. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
I'd be HAPPY to go head to head with you. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KD6NIG]

I tell you what, in my city, you best not let your dog out of the yard. Even with tags, they tend to be on the prowl and pick them up pretty quickly.

Between the hours of 9-5 on weekdays.

On the weekends, we have plenty of roamers. It seems many of my neighbors who live a few blocks within my area think its perfectly fine to just let the dogs out to roam for a few hours overnight on the weekend.

Been seeing a lot less of them though since the animal control people got a nice bump in budget this year (our registration fees doubled!) and now they have weekend patrols too.

Glad to see it though, as we would have 'packs' of them roaming on the weekends, and saw quite a few of them get hit.

I feel sorry for the animal, but not for the idiot owners. I know a neighbor down the street got mad at one guy who would walk his dog and PURPOSELY cross to every yard with a dog in it so they would get all riled up. I guess one day this guy did it and he had his nice large dog on a chain, but the chain was long enough that it could reach the street. The guy didn't see the gate was open till it was almost too late.

I haven't seen the guy walking his dog on our block anymore.

But, seeing in the news all the stuff with people and kids lately, its not shocking to see less regard for pets.

The last time animal control did a sweep of our neighborhood, my dogs, my wifes grandparents dogs (we live right next door) and the neighbor I mentioned above were the ONLY ones with legal registration. And we have plenty of immediate neighbors with dogs.

They allowed them to bring registration current on the spot or face a citation and possible removal of the dog. I can imagine they made quite a bit of money on those sweeps.

[KG4CGC]

I had a woman who was in HR at a former job tell me about the time she got her neighbors busted.
She saw the neighbor guy stealing her, unmentionables off her clothes line.
She made a phone call to a friend of a friend of a friend and suddenly 2 weeks later there six inch tall pot plants growing in the guys yard. I think he got 5 years.

[K5RCD]

While we have a few neighbors who let their dogs run loose, our county recently passed an animal ordinance with stiff fines for strays. That has relieved that problem somewhat.

Many people from San Antonio bring their no longer wanted dogs to our rural neighborhood and release them, thinking that someone will take them in. Of course these dogs are seldom taken in (they are usually animals with serious medical or behavior problems), and they are either killed by the local coyotes, or feral hogs, or they end up in small packs chasing our livestock.

As much as my neighbors and I hate to harm any dog, we cannot tolerate them chasing and harming our pets, horses and cattle.

Texas has a law (see link below) that allows one to kill any dog or coyote chasing pets or livestock. Quite a few wild dogs have been shot recently. Although our deed restrictions disallow the discharge of firearms (even though we are in an unincorporated area of the county) our Homeowners Association has made it abundantly clear that it is OK to shoot wild animals causing harm, including wild dogs, coyotes, feral hogs, snakes etc.

As far as local dogs digging in one's garden or pooping in the yard, a BB gun shot to the butt will usually prevent that from happening again. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

Texas ordinance:
http://www.shannonridge.org/animalordtexas822.013.htm

[WB2WIK]

My neighbors are very nice and we all get along great.

We also have walls around our backyards, so you can't see from one yard into the next one.

&quot;Good fences make good neighbors...&quot; http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

WB2WIK/6

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (WB2WIK @ June 22 2007,09:00)]My neighbors are very nice and we all get along great.

We also have walls around our backyards, so you can't see from one yard into the next one.

&quot;Good fences make good neighbors...&quot; http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

WB2WIK/6
Me next door neighbor, Gary, (the Redd Foxx guy) was a professional blaster before he retired. He still keeps his explosives license up to date, just in case he needs to blow something up. I haven't needed his services lately, but I'm sure he'll come in handy some day. I told him I might need a big hole to put a tower foundation in.
He has an Athabaskan Indian wife, as does my OTHER next door neighbor. When I first moved in, Gary told me we all had to behave or we could risk an Indian uprising in the neighborhood. I told him my wife was English, so there probably wasn't too much of a chance of that, but I'd behave anyway. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Eric

[ab8ma]

Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 21 2007,03:02)]Cats have staff, dogs have masters.
Right On!

[ab8ma]

Quote[/b] (nx6d @ June 22 2007,14:35)]Cats rule, dogs drool.
This is so true. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[k4kyv]

Quote[/b] (KG4CGC @ June 22 2007,15:08)]I had a woman who was in HR at a former job tell me about the time she got her neighbors busted.
She saw the neighbor guy stealing her, unmentionables off her clothes line.
She made a phone call to a friend of a friend of a friend and suddenly 2 weeks later there six inch tall pot plants growing in the guys yard. I think he got 5 years.
I wouldn't do that even to a 1st class A-H. All the more reason that the stupid unconstitutional drug laws should be eliminated, if a person got 5 years because someone threw a hand full of seeds into his back yard.

Nobody else's G-D business what is growing in my backyard.

Talking about people who hate America and everything it is supposed to stand for...

[kb9iou]

Quote[/b] (N5NPO @ June 20 2007,20:02)]My neighbors let their dogs roam the neighborhood like they own it. For some od reason, someones German Sheppard has takken up residency under my front porch. I am not a dog person. I prefer liberty minded cats to the pack mentality dog (not a political attack on dog behavior). Cats have staff, dogs have masters. Anyway, my wife has called animal control several times, but they fail to do anything about it. I have a mind to get a sling shot or bb gun, but I do not REALLY want to harm the animals for their owner/master's stupidity... Any ideas before I feel inclined to take drastic measure to rid my neighborhood of the stray dogs? I do not live in an incorporated area and there is a leash law that states that dogs must not be allowed to roam free.
They sell your solution by the gallon at walmart or any automotive/hardware store.

little bowl of the green water on the porch will take care of your problem http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[AB8RU]

Here is a plan.

One : Rent a PO Box , FWD all mail there.

Two : Get a Restraint Order

Three: Call the Local Heath Department, and Inspectors in your local area.

Four: whatever the laws are in your state find a local gun shop and get a firearms permit, learn on how to use a Gun.

Five: call local News Media an investigating reporter usually will decide to do a story or not.

Six: if place is danger to children call protective Services some states will remove children and their life will become a living nightmare.

Seven: contact your local City or County Representive if this person is employed there chances are there may be a policy to terminate his job, acting beyond the professionalism as a city worker.

Eight: DO all of this after you move out.

[AB8RU]

Also call Animal Control and your local PETA or Humane Society animal abuse if legally documented, ( like camera pixs and mailed in )

lastly never falsely accuse. its make you the Bad guy.